After these years of experiments and tests, the methods developed and optimized by the researchers to transform algal wracks into useful products were protected by patents:
Soler Rivas, C. et al…. Sustrato a base de vegetales marinos apto para el cultivo de hongos comestibles. P202430026. Owners: UAM & CTICH. Licenced to: Algarikon Mar Menor S.L.
Lopez Rayo, S. et al……Composición que comprende extractos de algas verdes, su método de obtención y su uso como bioestimulante con propiedades que favorecen el desarrollo de cultivos agrícolas. P202530664. Owner: UAM.
Del Amor, FM. et al… Sustrato para cultivo sin suelo (modelo de utilidad, solicitado 18 de marzo de 2025). Owner: IMIDA.
Carreras, N. et al… Procedimiento para la producción de metano a partir de biomasa marina, agua de mar y lodos del Mar Menor como inóculo marino. Owner: Algarikon Mar Menor S.L.
Later on, the project participants attended several national and international conferences and symposiums to communicate their results to other researchers through posters or oral communications.
But not all the results obtained so far are published until the complete aceptance of the patents
Poster: Sara Figueredo, Laura Morillo, Rebeca Lavega, Alejandro Ruíz-Rodríguez, Luis Vázquez, Cristina Soler-Rivas. Valorización de las algas acumuladas en las orillas del Mar Menor como resultado de su eutrofización. Semana del Doctorado. Workshop del Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Alimentación. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Lecture: Laura Morillo, Sara Figueredo, Rebeca Lavega, Alejandro Ruíz-Rodríguez, Luis Vázquez, Cristina Soler-Rivas. Proceso secuencial sostenible para la utilización de la biomasa que se extrae del Mar Menor como medida para ralentizar el avance de su deterioro. Semana del Doctorado. Workshop del Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Alimentación. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Poster: R. Lavega, V. Grifoll, E. Rascón, M. Pérez, C. Soler-Rivas. The potential of the algae accumulated in Mar Menor shores as an alternative raw material for mushroom cultivation. IV Jornadas Científicas CIAL Fórum. Madrid.
Poster: Agricultural valorization of seaweed from the shores of Mar Menor Lagoon by composting. 11th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, Rhodes (Greece).
Poster: Effect of salinity on the production of biogas from the macroalgae Caulerpa prolifera. 11th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, Rhodes.
Poster: Composition of seaweed from the shores of Mar Menor Lagoon with potential use in Agriculture. 11th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, Rhodes.
Poster: Agricultural valorization of seaweed from the shores of Mar Menor Lagoon for obtaining plant biostimulants. 11th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, Rhodes.
Poster: L. Morillo, S. Figueredo, R. Lavega, L. Vázquez, A. Ruiz-Rodríguez & C. Soler-Rivas. Extracción de compuestos de utilidad para la industria alimentaria a partir de la biomasa recogida de las orillas del mar menor. IV Jornadas Científicas CIAL Fórum. Madrid.
Lecture: C. Soler Rivas. Algarikon project as example of the circular economy potential: transforming an ecological problem into a profitable solution. Workshop ¨Climate change from a multidisciplinary perspective¨ Session 2: Water and Food Security. Téthys General Assembly. Madrid.
Poster: Supplementation of substrates to cultivate edible mushrooms with algae clumps from Mar Menor Lagoon improved levels of bioactive compounds in the obtained fruiting bodies. The 12th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference. Bari (Italy).
Poster: Calidad de la enmienda orgánica generada por compostaje a partir de algas del mar menor. In: 8ªs Jornadas de la red española de compostaje. 2-4 octubre. Córdoba (Spain)
Poster: Valorization of the algae accumulated on Mar Menor coasts as substrate for growing lettuces. International Symposium on Protected Cultivation Nettings and Screens for Mild Climates (ISHS). September 2024. Athens (Greece)
Poster: Pleurotus spp. cultivation using algae clumps accumulated in shores of Mar Menor lagoon as a step forward for circular economy. EFFOST International Conference 2024. November. Brugges (Belgium)
Poster: Valuation of the algae accumulated on the coasts of the Mar Menor as a substrate for growing lettuce. XV International Symposium on Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production. Chicago (USA).
We also participated in the ¡EuroSoils! congress presenting some of the results obtained after the development of the projects
Some of the scientific articles prepared for high-impact scientific journals are now finally being published, such as:
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